Package of facials



1932- E. A.'MCORMICK ,891,679

PACKAGE 0F FACIALS Filed May 28, 1932 gm-"for Patented 1932 NIT D STATES ATEIa OFF-ICE EDWARD A. ICOORKIGK, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB- 1'0 GHIGOPEE mUFAUIUB-ING- CORPORATION, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, A OOBPOBA- DION OF SETTS rncxaen or nexus Application filed Iay $8, 153,.- Serial No. cums.

The invention relates to the packaging of sheeted articles and more particularly to packages in which the sheeted goods is partly exposed and arranged for single delivery.

5 The invention 'more vitally is concerned with the merchandising of woven face cloths,

- I that is to say, special cloths or handkerchiefs for use in facial treatments and intended to compete in price with the conventional facewipe consisting of sheeted cellulosic mate rial; and the principal object is to package them neatly in superposed order of arrangement for single dispensing and to do this in such way asnot appreciably to affect the price. A specific object is to provide/for convexing thestacked sheets so that the uppermost'may be; grasped and removed without the inconvemence and vexatious annoyance of removing more than one sheet.

The nature, characteristic features and see e of the invention more readily will be un erstood from the following description takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, wherein 26 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the new P Fig. 2 IS a sectional view, more particularly showing the pad for humping or convexing the contents to facilitate grasping the 3 to sheet:

ig. 3 is a plan view of the padand its carrying base, the upper and middle decks of the pad being broken away to disclose the fluted, cellular or labyrinthian structure.

In the drawing,5 is a carton which is or may be of generally square or rectangular form and of conventional type including end openin and complemental closures 6, and a circ. ar display or dispensing opening 7.

According to my invention I introduce into the carton a stack of sheets 8 which may represent woven articles of the nature of andkerchiefs of delicate texture with a surfacefeel akin to the smoothness of silk. and which, hence, are 'diflicult to grasp singly in their bulk superposed order of arrangement. The problem,.therefore, is to overcome the difficulty and to provide for abstraction of the goods through the display window without the hazard and vexation of withdrawing more than one facial wipe or handkerchief at a time. I solve the problem by associating with the stack of handkerchiefs a backing 9 carrymg an expansible pad which is centered with respect to the display and dispensing window and bears upon the stack of goods in such way as to convex or bulge it.

lt is a merit of the invention that I accomphsh the stated projection and tension of the goods in such way as to make single use of the box no hardship. That is tosay, the pad is formed efliciently' and inexpensively of discs 10 of corrugated paper or fiber, decked or faced, as at 11, and secured as a unit, as by gluing, to the backing 9. The facing elements 11 are thin sheets of paper or the like for the purpose not only of keeping down expense but of giving full play to theexpansible properties of the flutings. The described cellular or labyrinthian pad could well be secured to the inside wall of the bottom of the carton but that would add to the expense of the package and would also hamper automatic filling. Therefore, I regard it not only as the preferred embodiment but as of the essence of the invention that the pad be carried by ,a backing introducible into the carton along with the filling of handkerchiefs or the like.

What is claimed as new, is:

1. A package, comprising a carton having a display window through which sheeted articles may be grasped and withdrawn, a filling for the carton consisting of a plurality of sheeted articles in superposed -order of arrangement, and a backing for the filling having a boss-like projection in the form of a'cellular pad centered with respect'to the window and impinging upon the filling centrall to stress the same upon the rim of thew1n ow.

2. A package, comprising a carton having a display window through which sheeted articles may be grasped and withdrawn, a filling for the carton consisting of a plurality of sheeted articles in superposed order of arrangement, and a backin for the filling carrying an expansible pad or convexing the filling in line with the window, said pad consisting of concentric discs of corrugated fiber board faced with separating decks.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature.

EDWARD A. MCCORMICK. 

